My View of Life on the Dock
You could say I have an obsession with spring flowering trees, especially our native dogwoods. Is it a mystery why?
I adore flowers and branches shrouded with tree-flowers are even more romantic, perhaps because we are seeing repeating flower shapes, en masse.
Native Flowering Dogwood ~ Cornus florida
Even with only the tiniest bit of space, I encourage everyone to plant a tree-garden. Contact me if you need help in finding the perfect tree for your garden.
Our friends The Bandit Kings are embroiled in a BATTLE RADiCAL at the Grog in Newburyport tonight and they need your help. Why? Cause they want to WIN! So muster your courage, cross the bridge and show you’re support. More info here.
Just in case you don’t own a car or simply can’t leave the island, there really is plenty of music in town. You might want to catch the finale of Brad Byrd‘s month-long residency at Giuseppe’s. You can tell him how much you like his new video. Haven’t seen it? Click here (lots of behind the scenes footage at that link too).
And for you jazz fans, there’s Mark Early with Henry Allen at the Elks.
See the full music lineup here.
Hey Joey,
Here’s some information on our Spring Dinner and we only have 4 tables left!
Tickets can be purchased until May 6th or until we sell out by coming into the restaurant at 65 Pleasant St.
We can accommodate Gluten free and lactose free peeps!
Any questions? Do not hesitate to call Alicia at 978-283-0474!
See you soon!
Heres some info for ya!
$25 per person and this is a BYOB event. (1.50 set up pp)
Tuesday May 8th at 6pm! Heres the line up:
Cream of Broccoli
Stuffed Zucchini
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Fresh Green Beans
Mashed Potatoes
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Dave says,
I’ve had my third martini…the bombing will start in 5 minutes….Put on your bicycle helmet and welcome back Mr. Bobby Davis, Johnny Carbuncle hisself. Secret agent man, carpet-bombing maven of surf mayhem, and self-inflicted master of finger-scratching sonic sounds, this guy makes me feel like I’m sixteen again, except for the lack of synapse connection. We’ll be resurrecting mod surfing hits, blues amalgams, and T.V. theme songs ad nauseam, all for you , the beneficiaries of painful ear-bleeding. We’re gonna set our amps on “stun” and open our pants to let you in for the biggest thing that’s happened to you all month!
Stomping on the brakes will be that friendly drummer, Mr. Jeff Casper, on eggbeaters and waits and measures, grinding his molars and setting new standards. Of course, Greg T. and his party hat will be there, and me, too, on base and ready to slide into home plate. Rheumer has it that certain sit-ins and spit-ups may rear up and show their true nature. Come Earley, and stay late! Bring cash only!
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Last night we had our weekly Wednesday night singing session at the Annie. It’s very informal and spontaneous; anyone who wants to show up takes a seat in our circle of chairs in the art parlor, and we go around taking turns singing (and/or playing acoustic instruments). The group will often join in the chorus if it is a well-known song. It’s a very open atmosphere; music of pretty much any genre, and singers any level of talent or experience (from people who usually only sing in the shower, to music professionals), are welcome. People are also welcome to come if they just want to listen.
Here is a slideshow of some spontaneous photos I took last night.
We’ve been averaging between 28,000 on an extremely slow sunny weekend day when everyone is outdoors and away from their work computers and 40,000 during the work week. Most days during the week it’s around 35,000 nowadays.
If you want to run in a great local race for a great cause, and then spend the day with family and friends at a festival in downtown Rockport check out the Motif #1 Day 5k and Festival on May 19th in Rockport, MA. Here is the website. www.motif1day5k.com
Hey Joey-
Kay Ellis and I had a great time Monday night at the Boston Concierge trade show at the Park Plaza Castle connecting with all the hotel Concierges who send visitors out to have fun and adventures. We were there to let them know all the fabulous things to do and eat here, and that we’re just a short car or train ride away from Boston.
We met many Concierges who want to come check out our destination for themselves, and we will make that happen.
These pics are from our booth. One is of a quirky homegrown way to get the Concierge to interact with us. It involved red Solo cups and a ship’s wheel- and it worked!
Wait til you all see the cover of the 2012 Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide! One of Gloucester’s amazing photographers- whom your fobs know and love- took the fabulous shot. You’ll see it at the May 10 Visitor Guide debut at the new Castle Manor Inn on Essex Avenue. Deets to follow!
Linn Parisi
Discover Gloucester
Heidi Wakeman writes-
Open Space & Recreation Committee Member
Complete Streets Community Forum-Thursday Night!
Gloucester, Mass. – Get Fit Gloucester! wants to hear your thoughts on how to make Gloucester safer to walk and bicycle. Help create a “Fit Friendly Gloucester” by attending the Complete Streets community forum being held Thursday April 26th at 6:30 PM in the Friend Room of the Sawyer Free Library, 2 Dale Avenue.
Mass in Motion and Get Fit Gloucester! seek to address increasing levels of obesity in our society through changes in our community to support more physically active lifestyles and access to fresh healthy foods. These programs seek to make active transportation choices such as walking and bicycling safer and more convenient and to be the easiest choice for shorter trips within Gloucester. Many communities support active lifestyles is by creating “Complete Streets”.
Get Fit Gloucester! envisions neighborhoods where our children can safely walk or bike to school…and to the library, the park or local store. At lunchtime, we can take a relaxing walk or go for a bike ride or run, returning to a shower and refreshed for the afternoon. We can combine our errands with easy access to a harbor walk or the neighborhood park on the way home where our children can let off steam and we relax. There are clearly-marked bike trails for family outings as well as safe round the Cape routes for the teenagers and adults.
At the community forum you’ll learn more about what “Complete Street” policies mean for communities, see results of an assessment of Gloucester’s streets and sidewalks, hear about current City efforts to improve sidewalks and streets and have the opportunity to express your views and priorities for making Gloucester streets safer for walking and bicycling.
For more information, contact Stephen Winslow, Gloucester Community Development Department (978) 281-9781 or swinslow@gloucester-ma.gov.
She has every recipe typed out with step by step pictures and directions. Pictured is just a binder with all of them printed out from her digital files and in a ginormous 3 ring binder. Some brilliant publisher is going to make her an offer. With her already built in audience from these pages and The Gloucester Times Taste of The Times it’s sure to be a hit.
Are you planning to buy one when it gets published?
As always click the photo for the full sized view
I dig the reflections especially the red on the wet herring vats in the right hand part of the picture which are reflections of the port side red navigation light on the F/V Endevour.
For those of you who participated in the Poll Back on the 2nd of April as to whether the wall of frames someone I may or may not be related to through marriage tastefully attached to our hallway wall would be filled with pictures within two months time, I have an update-
Photo dated April 9th 6:55PM
Photo dated April 2, 2012 below
Easy Money.
These were the results back on April 2nd
Update: 4/25/12
For those keeping track that would be 22 days.
EAAAAASY MONEY!
A certain fisherman of ours used to go crazy for Heidi Watney (her reporting that is). Do you think the Sox upgraded at the sports babe sideline reporter position or downgraded with Jenny Dell?
Heidi Watney
Jenny Dell
strictly talking knowledge of the game of course 
Artist Talk with Joel Janowitz Painter and Printmaker, Distinguished Artist/Teacher, Goetemann Artist in Residency Program, Rocky Neck Art Colony. Presented by the Museum in partnership with Rocky Neck Art Colony. Reception to follow. This program is free and open to the public; reservations required.
See Workshops (below) for information about Joel Janwitz’s workshops on Rocky Neck.
Crossing (for Ed), 2012, watercolor, 31"x 71 1/2"
Steps, 2011, watercolor, 40" x 29 1/2"
The Goetemann Residency presents a Distinguished Artist/Teacher 4 Day Watercolor Workshop on Rocky Neck. All levels are welcome.
At its best, to paint with watercolors is to engage in a conversation with the medium. More often it is, as Sargent said, "making the best of an emergency." In either instance, a good conversation or a dire emergency, one needs to think clearly and respond immediately. This workshop will explore strategies for working with the surprising medium of watercolor. Progressive exercises and projects will focus on a variety of working methods and on increasing one’s awareness of color and value relationships — two key factors in capturing a convincing sense of light. At the same time, we will stay open to responding playfully, quickly, and spontaneously to the quirky surprises constantly offered up by the medium. Work will be primarily from observation.
The workshop will take place from May 14-17 on Rocky Neck and is divided into two sections:
PRICE : RNAC members, $25 per section. Non RNAC are $50 per section. You are welcome to become a RNAC member to sign up for this course. Two scholarships are available.
For registration, schedule, materials list and location* of classes or any questions please e-mail:RGlouc@comcast.net
* It is hoped that these classes will be held outside.
Three outstanding artists were selected for the 2012 Goetemann Artist in Residence program.
See rockyneckartcolony.org/residency.php for more images and information about each of the three resident artists.
The 2012 Rocky Neck brochure is currently at the printer and will be available for distribution next week. To view, click the brochure cover on the left to open a PDF version. Many thanks to Steve Bridges, Barbara McLaughlin and Judy Robinson-Cox for their hard work to make this possible.
Funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. This brochure was made possible by a grant administered by the North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Railroad trestle at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Good Morning Gloucester 